Seriously though, I've heard the phrase "the N word" at least a thousand times in the last few days.
What pops into your head when you hear it? Nutella? Maybe some Edgar Allan Poe "nevermore"? Nearsightedness? Maybe, maybe.... But more likely you're exactly like everyone else and the word that you immediately registers is the one word everyone is trying so hard to avoid. The word that shall not be named.
You see, language is a powerful tool for good and also for evil. Every time someone says "the N word" it has exactly the same effect as actually saying the word.
Why is this word singled out as "the most offensive word in the English language?" Obviously because it's been used as a vehicle to convey hatred and to progress the oppression of an entire people group for centuries. Obviously. But don't we choose to be offended?
Most of you white folks don't really know what "cracker" means when someone refers to you in that way. Is it white like a saltine? Perhaps you're dry and got no soul, just a friendly jest? Hell no! It's a shortened version of "whip cracker"!
Have you ever stopped to consider that there are oppressive derogatory words in English that have no masculine counterparts? Bitch, whore, cunt, slut. Women are absolutely the most oppressed people group on earth. 75% of all illiterate people are female. And these words are used everywhere, regularly. In Australia the word "cunt" is perhaps the most popular word there is.
How many cures for diseases have gone undiscovered, revolutionary educational processes been lost, valuable insight suppressed, because of the continued oppression of women? And hasn't our use of language aided in this somewhat?
The msm understands the subtle power of language (they are professional spin doctors with armies of lawyers after all) and even the left leaning ones love stories like the Omarossa "N word tape" because it allows them another opportunity to pound the "N word" into your head and thereby perpetuate the endless oppression of people of color by the establishment without sullying their own reputations.
"fuck you, you dirty N word!" "all N words must hang." or alternatively: "what up my N word?" it doesn't matter the context, or if we actually say the word, anyone listening has the word in their minds. And the result is the same as if it were actually uttered.
Our thoughts have power. Measurable power. They are made of energy. When we turn our thoughts into words, the energy remains and is amplified by a new type of energy, sound. That then has the power to alter the energy of others thoughts, and replicate itself, placing those words into the minds of others. This must have an effect on the world.
I think the possibility that the American president uses such language is despicable but let's be real, is it surprising? The man refers to Mexicans as "drug dealers, rapists, gangsters, bad hombres."
He's done his dead level best to vilify anyone that practices Islam or comes from an Islamic country (there are over a billion Muslims in the world by the way). Now that Omarossa has left the white house, can you name a ranking black white house official? Not likely. My point is: Trump is a fucking racist, sitting at the head of a racist establishment, and the news media is complicit in perpetuating this racism.
But here's the thing.... That one big thing that nobody seems to be talking about: there's only one race: the human race. Somewhere in the world there is a Welsh vampire so pale you can see the blood pumping through her veins. And somewhere else there is a man so dark that all light gets absorbed by his skin like a black hole. And guess what? All 8 billion other people fit somewhere on the spectrum between the two.
This idea that there are multiple races of people is outdated and ignorant, and really only serves to separate us further as human beings. Fuck that. We are all the same. Most of us just want to get laid and get paid, and the amount of pigment in our skin shouldn't ever define who we are or how we treat each other.
In the end, these ideas only have the power we give to them. So if you're still reading this frustrated rant I would challenge you: stop referring to people by their skin tone. Be aware the subtle manipulative attacks on your subconscious by the use of language, and let love dictate your judgement of others.
Thanks for reading my "N words", I love you all. What do you think? Have I missed something here?